Appendix I: Short X;tuh Summary

I. Alphabet

A. Vowels (order is important)

1. u [u]

2. i [i]

4. o [o]

5. y [ay]

6. e [ey]

7. w [aw]

8. ; [oi]

10.d [^]

B. Consonants: capital letters indicates voicing.

p [p] P [b] x [ç]

t [t] T [d] n [n]

k [k] K [g] m [m]

j [_] J [j] l [l]

f [f] F [v] r [r]

s [s] S [z] g [w]

h [š] H [_]

c [ts] C [dz]

II. Main Grammar Matrix: choose p or h and add a vowel from below to make prefix.

Verb Adj / Adv Noun

Past o y ;

Present u i (a)

Future w e q

III. Other Simple Rules

A. h is base for negative prefix; if added to end of a word, it creates plural.

B. c + u or i creates active or passive clausal affixes. ca signifies 'one which'.

C. k + vowel designates one of 10 variable pronouns

D. n + vowel gives base 10 numbers.

E. NounPhrase and VerbPhrases put into one word to signify relationship.

F. Unnamed subject is assumed to be 1st person singular

G. Adjectives appended to nouns; see rules for lists of adjectives.